Secunia Research: Avaya IP Office Manager TFTP Directory Traversal Vulnerability

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                     Secunia Research 15/06/2011

 - Avaya IP Office Manager TFTP Directory Traversal Vulnerability -


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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software 

* Avaya IP Office Manager 8.1 (5).
* Avaya B5800 Branch Gateway R6.1.
* Avaya IP Office R6.1.
* Avaya IP Office R7.0.

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2) Severity 

Rating: Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information.
Where:  Local network

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3) Vendor's Description of Software 

"IP Office Manager is an application for viewing and editing an IP 
Office system's configuration. It is a tool meant for system 
installers and maintainers."

Product Link:
http://www.avaya.com/usa/product/ip-office

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Avaya IP Office
Manager, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose 
sensitive information.

The vulnerability is caused by an input validation error when 
processing TFTP requests and can be exploited to download arbitrary
files via directory traversal attacks.

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5) Solution 

Apply updates.

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6) Time Table 

25/03/2011 - Vendor notified.
29/03/2011 - Vendor acknowledgment.
14/06/2011 - Vendor releases updates.
15/06/2011 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits 

Discovered by Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not yet
assigned a CVE identifier for the vulnerability.

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10) Verification 

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2011-39/

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